Slovenia faces a pronounced problem of excessive air pollution, as it is among the countries with the most polluted air on the European scale. This is mainly due to the massive use of wood in outdated domestic heating combustion plants and intensive transit and local road motor traffic. In addition, due to frequent and pronounced temperature inversions and poor prevalence of most of Slovenia’s territory, the lower density of emissions can lead to excessive air pollution, and it is estimated that in excessively polluted areas, life expectancy due to air pollution is roughly one year shorter. In Slovenia, the share of the population living in areas with excessive levels of PM10 particles in the air is significantly higher than the EU average. Health impact assessments show that the indicative halving of particulate levels in excessively polluted areas in Slovenia would lead to an increase in life expectancy by half a year to one year.